Bootloader Chameleon 2.4svn Official PKG Installer

[dickhouse]

Guys i know that chameleon rc5 support ati radeon 4670 but whenever i entered osx my monitor just blank.. any idea's /suggestion what should i do..?

 

i turned off ati onboard controller (ati 3200) in bios and prefer to use pci-e ati 4670 but still blank monitor..

 

Graphics Enabler=Yes VBIOS=Yes/No still same result..

Mobo currently tested GA-MA78GM-US2H

[tosh123]

Guys i know that chameleon rc5 support ati radeon 4670 but whenever i entered osx my monitor just blank.. any idea's /suggestion what should i do..?

 

You need the special version from kabyl with the "AtiFb" key. Some 4670 cards work with Flicker or Motmot, mine works with Eulemur framebuffer.

As long as the work of kabyl isn't in the main source you can't use the actual chameleon compiles.

[dickhouse]

You need the special version from kabyl with the "AtiFb" key. Some 4670 cards work with Flicker or Motmot, mine works with Eulemur framebuffer.

As long as the work of kabyl isn't in the main source you can't use the actual chameleon compiles.

 

thanks man! i never had been with ati card before so didnt know that i have to use special boot version! thank you

[blackosx]

 cosmos-mac-pro:~ Cosmo$ diskutil list
/dev/disk0
  #:					   TYPE NAME					SIZE	   IDENTIFIER
  0:	  GUID_partition_scheme						*80.0 GB	disk0
  1:						EFI						 209.7 MB   disk0s1
  2:				  Apple_HFS Mac HD				  39.9 GB	disk0s2
  3:	   Microsoft Basic Data Windows 7			   39.7 GB	disk0s3
/dev/disk1
  #:					   TYPE NAME					SIZE	   IDENTIFIER
  0:	  GUID_partition_scheme						*1.0 TB	 disk1
  1:						EFI						 209.7 MB   disk1s1
  2:				  Apple_HFS My Files				999.9 GB   disk1s2
/dev/disk2
  #:					   TYPE NAME					SIZE	   IDENTIFIER
  0:	  GUID_partition_scheme						*1.0 TB	 disk2
  1:						EFI						 209.7 MB   disk2s1
  2:				  Apple_HFS Time Machine			999.9 GB   disk2s2

Thanks for confirming your disk layout kramer2k. Everything looks as it should and there's nothing there to help shed any light on why it went wrong.

[blackosx]

i remind that the process was very long and ask me two or 3 time for passwords more than an hour

Blimey! - I still haven't been able to reproduce this behaviour..

 

you suggest that i use 10.6.5

i think i could but i m user on vaio and don t know what distro i can use best becauseof it s a vaio

 

the problem of internal screen is not completed yet on snow and i don t have things like wifi ,all my sound cards at the same time webcam works sometimes sometimes not i have no driver for card reader

no brightness control

I suggested you looked at Snow Leopard, yes, just because it's up to date - I don't know what works and what doesn't on your VAIO. That's the beauty of hackintosh in that each piece of hardware is different and needs some TLC to get working. And why look as a distro? why not look at a Retail installation?

 

i lost many time of my life with osx because i m already noob and many things i don t understand nicely and clearly like terminal, console, dsdt

We are all noobs to begin with. I spent a long time learning about those things as should you. All the information you need is here at InsanelyMac or other forums if you bother to read and learn. Don't expect to know it all straight away, heck I'm still learning.. but if you want a hackintosh then it should be a long term project in which you can spend time understanding how it all works. If you want to take a short but and get OS X up an running quickly then I can suggest at least choosing compatible hardware which has been tried and tested by many users.

 

and other thing i would keep my 10.5.8 install and i veread that many chameleon are for snow or leo but not together but i really like

Chameleon will work with both 10.5 and 10.6 so you can have them both installed at the same time.

 

other thing

do you think it s possible to make a kind of livecd or installer to repair the osx86 partition problem or configuring it at boot to write partition to vista loader or seven it s different but i see in easy bcd i see there a option for hfs+ error don t seem to work for me

In most circumstances, if the disk's MBR becomes damaged then all that's needed it to write another bootloader. If a partition bootsector becomes damaged then use a software's disk repair option. You can boot from CD for Windows or Linux to get to run programmes, or you can boot from a boot-132 / Chameleon CD then swap in the OS X installer DVD to run disk utility - so the tools are already out there - it's just knowing how to use them.

 

i have to retry to catch my osx partition because tomorow i' ll start to be busy maybe next week i can response to many answer

You said you already re-installed Kalyway so why not just use that?

 

could you give me the advice for next chameleon i can use or must use for this vaio vgn-ar61zu ?

i was using [url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url] because someone was saying it was nice a time for vaio

Chameleon is a bootloader - it doesn't care if you're using a Sony or an Acer - It's not Chameleon that determines whether or not you can run OS X on your machine, that comes from all the rest of the files you add. Chameleon is just one part of the whole picture. I haven't used [url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url] but from it's description I read it's an 'all-in-one post-installation tool' which I guess has some files which might or might not work for your machine. Just because someone says it works for a VAIO, is that your specific VAIO? - as there are many VAIO models.

 

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Can I make a suggestion?

 

How about including two very useful apps in the installer.

 

Namely Kext Utility.app and iASLMe.app.

Hi STLVNUB

 

I agree those apps would be useful for inclusion, though maybe in another installer? I say this because scrax had the same idea as you before and when discussed at Voodooproject's forum it was decided not to go that route for a Chameleon installer. iFabio, scrax and I have been working from the original Chameleon scripts with the idea that maybe our experiments can one-day maybe help towards a revised official installer? though if one will ever be released is a different question...

[pasha_infest]

how can i boot from Mac OS Install DVD ? in GUI i can see only a HD! i use a latest chameleon r.651...??

[Time2Retire]

Can anyone here please explain me why /Extra/ isn't called Boot, Chameleon or Essentials? Chameleon is probably the best one to pick, but renaming it will break a lot of installations... which could be fixed by using the installer?

[stefano.85]

Can anyone here please explain me why /Extra/ isn't called Boot, Chameleon or Essentials? Chameleon is probably the best one to pick, but renaming it will break a lot of installations... which could be fixed by using the installer?

 

I think you have to hold the name "extra" because chameleon bootloader search for that folder during the startup. I don't know why you want to change it.... if it's work...why complicate your life??

 

how can i boot from Mac OS Install DVD ? in GUI i can see only a HD! i use a latest chameleon r.651...??

 

If DVD is inserted in drive (hope sata drive), when you see the gui press F5, wait a 5 seconds and you should see the DVD icon of the drive.....

[blackosx]

Can anyone here please explain me why /Extra/ isn't called Boot, Chameleon or Essentials?

Hi dutchhockeypro - I think the naming of the /Extra folder goes back to either when David Elliot worked on Apple's original boot-132 or maybe it goes back even further? More Info

 

how can i boot from Mac OS Install DVD ? in GUI i can see only a HD! i use a latest chameleon r.651...??

As stefano.85 says, but you have to boot from a Chameleon Boot CD.

Then you can eject the CD, insert the OS X installation DVD and press F5. Chameleon's GUI will then show an icon for the Install DVD.

[stefano.85]

As stefano.85 says, but you have to boot from a Chameleon Boot CD.

Then you can eject the CD, insert the OS X installation DVD and press F5. Chameleon's GUI will then show an icon for the Install DVD.

 

Right observation ..... i usually use an SD for the chameleon boot and installation... this is why i've missed this "little particular"

 

Also to mention that is impossible up to now (correct me if i'm wrong) to boot from a chameleon USB and install OSX from DVD drive... it doesn't recognise the DVD drive right?

[pasha_infest]

As stefano.85 says, but you have to boot from a Chameleon Boot CD.

Then you can eject the CD, insert the OS X installation DVD and press F5. Chameleon's GUI will then show an icon for the Install DVD.

 

no no. i boot from HD with chameleon. and no DVD icon, after hit F5 too...no icon. DVD Disk in DVD-ROM .

 

when i try boot from a Chameleon Boot CD (empire efi, [url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url], Nawcom Mod CD v0.3 ) it says Ebios read error. (can install ONLY from old Rebel EFI CD)

 

so can i use the installed Chameleon on HD to boot from MacOSX Install DVD?????

[mitch_de]

It looks like the bootloader cant "see" / find your DVD. What kind of connection ? SATA, IDE ?

Try to switch cables (use other SATA port).

[stefano.85]

no no. i boot from HD with chameleon. and no DVD icon, after hit F5 too...no icon. DVD Disk in DVD-ROM .

 

when i try boot from a Chameleon Boot CD (empire efi, [url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url], Nawcom Mod CD v0.3 ) it says Ebios read error. (can install ONLY from old Rebel EFI CD)

 

so can i use the installed Chameleon on HD to boot from MacOSX Install DVD?????

 

Try to wait until you see no more EBIOS error, with a certain types of bootloader (i think the legacy version) it also gives same error, i only have to wait some seconds more (maybe also 1 minute) .... then the bootloader appears...

 

p.s. sorry for english

[pasha_infest]

Try to wait until you see no more EBIOS error, with a certain types of bootloader (i think the legacy version) it also gives same error, i only have to wait some seconds more (maybe also 1 minute) .... then the bootloader appears...

 

p.s. sorry for english

 

try to wait. no result!((

 

boot from chameleon boot cd okey! then replace dvd's to mac os install ...hit f5 ...then hit mac os install dvd.....and got ebios read error.......SICK.

[silverfir]

so can i use the installed Chameleon on HD to boot from MacOSX Install DVD?????

Yes you can boot from HDD Chameleon and load the 'Mac OS X Install DVD' this is not a problem.

Some configuration/hardware problem is preventing pick-up of the INTERNAL S-ATA DVD drive in your computer or maybe the Mac OS X Install DVD is damaged/dirty. Do you have access to OSX running and test the disks checksum?

Edited incorrect advice. Thanks blackosx I stand corrected

[pasha_infest]

checksum is right!

[blackosx]

Also to mention that is impossible up to now (correct me if i'm wrong) to boot from a chameleon USB and install OSX from DVD drive... it doesn't recognise the DVD drive right?

Correct - This is because a bootable USB memory stick will use Chameleon's 'boot' file, where as the CD's can only be read when using Chameleon's 'cdboot' file which is used when building a bootable CD.

 

it says Ebios read error...

This can happen if you don't let the CD drive spin up. It's always wise to let the cd drive light stop flashing before proceeding with the next step.

 

so can i use the installed Chameleon on HD to boot from MacOSX Install DVD?????

No.

But you can restore the OS X Install DVD to a separate HDD partition and then select that from Chameleon booted from HDD.

[toleda]

Installed rev. 651. Works well except when I try "Extract ACPI". System Preferences crashes; repeatable. Crash report attached.

 

SysPrefs_crash.rtf

[Azimutz]

Toleda, i assume that you are talking about the option on Chameleon Preference pane, right?

If so, that's true and reported. Try the ones here... those are fixed, i hope don't use/update them in a long time.

But i think all they are missing is the last commit, rev 124.

[ErmaC]

From trunk 653.

 

On the first page:

- Compiled binaries (trunk 653)

- PackageMaker simple installer (binaries compiled from trunk 653)

 

I change the position for the bdmesg in previusly version is copied in Extra/util now is copied in the right place

usr/sbin...

 

So directly from terminal you can digit bdmesg and see your boot-log.

thx scrax and Blackosx from voodoo trend for the info.

 

Enjoy

 

Fabio

[toleda]

Azimutz Posted Yesterday, 05:14 PM

Toleda, i assume that you are talking about the option on Chameleon Preference pane, right?

If so, that's true and reported. Try the ones here... those are fixed, i hope don't use/update them in a long time.

But i think all they are missing is the last commit, rev 124.

 

Your pre/pane assumption is correct. Thanks for the quick response with a fix.

[mitch_de]

Yes you can boot from HDD Chameleon and load the 'Mac OS X Install DVD' this is not a problem.

Some configuration/hardware problem is preventing pick-up of the INTERNAL S-ATA DVD drive in your computer or maybe the Mac OS X Install DVD is damaged/dirty. Do you have access to OSX running and test the disks checksum?

Edited incorrect advice. Thanks blackosx I stand corrected

Thats right, but even the CD boot wont work, the CD must be shown (CD ICON).

[wolodya]

Please do fill in the boot-GMA3100 (2a42x8086) for GMA4500

[SanFranShootr]

Yesterday I was messing with my /extra and S/L/E directories

 

I did something (not sure what - so I can't "undo" it) that causes both my "main" and my "mini" Snow Leopard partitions to fail to load a desktop. Depending on whether I use Kabyl's rev486 boot file or rev643 I get either the perpetually spinning "loading circle" on the Chameleon screen or I get a black screen.

 

This happens regardless of whether I boot from a USB stick or the HD with the partitions.

 

Where do I check to see what's going wrong, then (LOL) how do I fix it?

[toleda]

Toleda, i assume that you are talking about the option on Chameleon Preference pane, right?

If so, that's true and reported. Try the ones here... those are fixed, i hope :pirate2: don't use/update them in a long time.

But i think all they are missing is the last commit, rev 124.

 

 

Azimutz, the PrePane you pointed me to works great. Perhaps you help fix this problem:

 

bdmesg reports: ACPI table not found: SSDT.aml

 

Extract ACPI reports 2 SSDT tables - SSDT-1.aml and SSDT.aml.

 

How do I fix the bdmesg reported problem?